We’ve heard that a revamped version of Jurassic Park IV (ie. one withoutdino-dog-human hybrids) could at last be arriving as soon as 2014. However, in the meantime, director Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park will be returning to theaters next year. It’s the latest in a string of blockbusters from decades past to be re-released for a new generation to experience for the first time on the big screen … in post-converted 3D (and IMAX 3D).

The trailer for Jurassic Park 3D isn’t too concerned with laying out the plot – which (to paraphrase Dr. Ellie Sattler (Laura Dern) from the film) amounts to ‘Man Creates Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs Eat Man’ – and instead focuses on teasing the most memorable moments from the classic tale of adventure and science-gone-wrong.

Previous 3D re-releases of crowd-pleasers that smashed box office records back in their day have proven quite profitable, as evidenced by the returns for 3D versions of The Lion King, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Titanic, and Finding Nemo (Tony Scott’s Top Gun will likewise get a 3D re-release next year, for that reason). But, of course, we all need to avoid being so preoccupied with deciding whether or not we could also go see Jurassic Park in 3D; rather, it’s a matter of stopping to think about whether or not we should (sorry, couldn’t resist).

On the one hand, Titanic demonstrated that even films from the 21st century can look quite exquisite in post-converted 3D, so long as a sufficient amount of time and effort is dedicated to the task. Spielberg’s dino tale, much like Cameron’s romantic epic, boasts some majestic visuals (like the grazing Brachiosaurus and rampaging Tyrannosaurus Rex) that could really pop with a proper 3D upgrade. On the other hand, the film was never intended to be viewed that way, so the 3D element might just end up becoming a distraction from the rest of the spectacle – which still holds up quite well today (similar to The Phantom Menace in 3D).

Check out the poster for Jurassic Park 3D:

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Will you be making the return trip to Isla Nublar when Jurassic Park 3D opens in regular and IMAX theaters on April 5th, 2013?

yeah 3D is garbage, but this is one of the great movies that stands the test of time and a testament that physical FX is the way to go. I will sit through the 3D just to see it again on the big screen, though I would prefer they just show the original print

WITH VISION THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
YOU WILL BE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH SLY STALLONE MAN-BOOBS!
YOU WILL SMELL THE UNDERARMS OF KIM KARDASHIAN (Hmmmmmmmm Musty)
YOU WILL EXPERIENCE FIGHTS SCENE LIKE NEVER BEFORE…Because Chuck Norris will come to each person seats and round house kick them!
YOU WILL FEEL, SMELL, AND TASTE THE GIANT POOP FROM CGI MONSTERS!
YOU WILL GET AN OFFICIAL CADAVER EAR WITH EVERY ZOMBIE MOVIE!
YOU WILL GET SHOT…BY THE ACTORS IN THE MOVIE USING REAL BULLETS!
YOU WILL FLY THROUGH THE SKYS IN MAN OF STEEL 28
YOU WILL SUIT UP WITH TONY STARK IN IRONMAN 1,230
YOU WILL SEE THE BOOBS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL OF 78 YEAR OLD SCARLETT JOHANSSON! (Hmmmmm Sour Cream just add water.)

out of all the remakes today, the only one I really want to see is of these movies. yes the originals are classics dont get me wrong, but after reading the books, it put the movies to shame by leaving out the best parts and leaving characters out or not giving accurate descriptions out of the characters.

If it were to happen, this is who I would like to see in it:
Jurassic Park:
Kevin Costner — John Hammond
Denzel Washington — John Arnold
Robert Downey Jr — Dr. Ian Malcolm
Leonardo Dicaprio — Dr. Alan Grant
Emma Stone — Ellie Sattler (yes she is young but so was the character and not Alan Grants lover)
Hugo Weaving — Dr. Lewis Dodgeson
Liam Neeson — Dr. Gerry Harding
Daniel Craig — Robert Muldoon
Jack Black — Dennis Nedry (yes he is a comedian, but he did really well in King Kong)
Jet Li — Dr. Henry Wu
Ewan McGregor — Dr. Marty Guitierrez (was in the novel only)

Why?
There cannot be enough demand for this to even justify the cost of the conversion, let alone the marketing and distribution.
If you just gotta do a 3D dino movie, make JP4 in 3D.
I’d still see the 2D option cuz 3D sucks, but … WHY?

I’d love seein Jurassic Park in theater again (although I already saw it three times in 1993), but I will not watch it in 3D. Enough is enough! I will not be one of those guys who say “3D sucks” but then support blatant 3D cash grabs like that with my money, perpetuating that practice. If you want it to stop, make it stop. Vote with your wallet!